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1. a, adj. View full entry ?a1160
...Used in an indefinite noun phrase referring to something not specifically identified (and, freq., mentioned for the first time) but treated as one of a class: one, some, any (the oneness, or...
2. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
3. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
4. abased, adj. View full entry 1554
...Made lower in rank, condition, or character; humbled, humiliated, degraded....
5. abashless, adj. View full entry 1868
...Unabashed, shameless. Also fig....
6. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
7. † abastardized, adj. View full entry 1653
...Degenerate, corrupt; bastardized. Cf. abastardize...
8. abatised, adj. View full entry 1777
...That is defended by an abatis (abatis); (also) formed into an abatis. Also fig. and in figurative contexts....
9. abaxile, adj. View full entry 1847
...Of a plant embryo: positioned off the main axis or central line; = abaxial2Obs....
10. Abbevillian, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare....
11. abdicable, adj. View full entry 1879
...Capable of being abdicated or renounced....
12. † abdite, adj. View full entry 1635
...Recondite; abstruse....
13. abditive, adj. View full entry 1727
...Hidden. Obs.rare....
14. abdominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the abdomen (abdomen1); located on or in the abdomen....
15. abducent, adj. and n. View full entry 1649
...Anat. and Zool. Designating an abductor muscle; of or relating to abduction. Contrasted with adducent1. Now rare....
16. abductive, adj. View full entry 1803
...Characterized by leading or drawing away; tending toward withdrawal or removal. Now rare....
17. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
18. abecedary, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1580
...= alphabetical1. Also, of a poem, etc.: that has each verse or line beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. Cf. abecedarian2....
19. Abernethian, adj. View full entry 1819
...Of, relating to, or associated with the surgeon John Abernethy or his theories of medicine; spec. designating a blunt manner of speaking reminiscent of that attributed to Abernethy (now ...
20. abhorred, adj. View full entry 1533
...Regarded with disgust or hatred; detested, loathed, abominated....
